conceitedness

self-confidence

self-love

self-praise

is unwise --- the person who is all wrapped up in himself is overdressed.

The person who is all wrapped up in himself is overdressed.

is at last the victim of those who praise him most; for "none are more taken in by flattery than the proud.

Pride that is not "tenoned and mortised" in deeds. Conceit makes meii a nuisance to one another: "the conceited man relates only his own great deeds, and only the evil ones of others"; 6 he delights in the presence of his inferiors, who will gape at his perfections and exploits; and becomes at last the victim of those who praise him most; for "none are more taken in by flattery than the proud." x

is being so full of yourself that you are quite empty

conceitedness, n.Definitions

conceitedness